the a's begin a crucial 10 day road trip that takes them to new york, detroit and to texas. tonight's game not going too well. cabrera already driving to third. the griffin pitch that's number 39 on the year for cabrera. the long ball fighting griffin again in the fifth. prince fielder had a laser to the left field stands. tigers 8-1 now. the rangers are playing in anaheim tonight. >>> with nhl players locked out by the owners, members of the san jose sharks are dispersing themselves all around the globe. thornton has agreed to go to switzerland and play for the geneva team. he actually met his wife there. other sharks are headed to over countryings. the nhl locked players out on friday. >>> south bay race car driver almendinger is calling it a learning program after being reinstated today by nascar. almendinger tested positive for amirol. >>> the giants again trying to trim the magic number to win the national league west. the west they can do is get it down to seven by beating the rockies. the dodgers were rained out in washington they will play in a double header tomorrow